New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unveiled its 10th list of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday. The list comprises 9 candidates, with Neeraj Shekhar, the son of former Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar, has been fielded Ballia.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- The party, earlier fielded Bhojpuri star Pawan Singh from Asansol, who has now been replaced by sitting BJP MP SS Ahluwalia.
- The BJP has named Paras Nath Rai from Ghazipur who will take on Afzal Ansari, a candidate of the Samajwadi Party and Congress alliance.
- BJP has fielded Sanjay Tandon from Chandigarh, while B.P. Saroj has been given a ticket from Machhlishahr.
- Jaiveer Singh Thakur will contest from Mainpuri, a Samajwadi Party’s bastion. The SP re-nominated Dimple Yadav from the seat.
- Vinod Sonkar will fight from Kaushambi while Praveen Patel will contest the elections from the Phulpur seat. Neeraj Tripathi has been fielded from Prayagraj.
- The election for 543 Lok Sabha seats will be held in seven phases starting April 19. The counting of votes will take place on June 4.
